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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Counterterrorism Evolves".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Gestapo"?
(a) Atomic bomb.
(b) Secret army.
(c) Secret police.
(d) Satellite.

2. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?
(a) Mayor.
(b) U.S. military.
(c) Judicial branch.
(d) Congress.

3. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?
(a) The U.S. Air Force.
(b) The Secretary of Defense.
(c) The Vice President.
(d) The U.S Army.

4. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.
(a) Canadian.
(b) African.
(c) American.
(d) Korean.

5. What does NORAD stand for?
(a) Northeast Organization for Response to Aircraft Demands.
(b) National Office of Required Aerospace Defense.
(c) National Office for Rescue of Aircraft Department.
(d) North American Aerospace Defense Command.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a truck bomb explode in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York?

2. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?

3. Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979?

4. Which two principal government agencies were involved in the defense of the U.S. airspace on 9/11/2001?

5. Fatwa is an interpretation of __________ law by a respected Islamic authority.

(see the answer key)

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